Tatoos on Ripped flesh

By BeautifullyRuined

Irritating thoughts run rampant through my mind
I reopen old wounds just to see
if my blood is as black as my heart.

Coherant conversation never worked with you
I carve love letters into my body since thats
the only thing you`ve ever paid attention to.

I carve a heart into my chest to make up for the one
that lays dying beneath my breast.

My version of paper i decorate it so prettily with blood.

Maybe the next time you decide to use me
you wont be able to ignore how i feel
drawn on the body you so love to desecrate.

It only hurts sometimes
scratch that with nails colored crimson.

A word for every tear i wont allow myself to cry.

The body you claimed was so perfect is now
reduced to nothing more than a million morbid flaws.
The love i swore would last forever
dies with every word i draw.

I cant even feel the pain you robbed me of that priveledge.
You knew I thrived on hurt
why else would i keep running back to the reason for my scars.

Nerve racking thoughts take over my brain
I carve until there`s nothing left
Flesh ripped Soft tissue torn for you to see.

Next time you should read the small print
painstakingly carved into my right breast,
It tells how pretty my knife would be stabbed into your chest!

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Published on Monday, August 21, 2006. Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"

Comments on "Tatoos on Ripped flesh"

On Thursday, June 16, 2011, Devilish (2657) wrote:

How pretty, how sick, how awsome! Lovely!!!
A former member wrote: "i cut myself so i could feel that i'm alive" that's the moral of this poem......the ending just puts the icing on the cake
On Saturday, November 1, 2008, sanglante (17) wrote:

Gore-geous. [pun intended]
A former member wrote: beautifully morbid. the imagery and language used flows together so beautifully. One small thing: you're missing a 't' from tattoo in the title. Other than that it's perfect. Thank you for your kind comment on my work x
On Friday, May 11, 2007, Bella Butchery (724) wrote:

the concept alone is amazing....just so you know...
On Wednesday, January 3, 2007, carlosjackal (3016) wrote:

Fantastic! The rawness of this made me smile, the honest passion just awesome.
On Wednesday, August 23, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564) wrote:

Now that is better, thanks:) it makes it alot easier to read
On Wednesday, August 23, 2006, BeautifullyRuined (94) wrote:

I think I fixed it is that better.Way easier to read*BeTrAyEd*
On Wednesday, August 23, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564) wrote:

It as one paragraph and it not really even made it choppy and hard to read but overall you did a fantastic job I loved this one, so filled with emotional pain it just ate into me ~Gothic
On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, BeautifullyRuined (94) wrote:

Thanks for the comments and crittism I need help in the stanza department I cant figure out how to put it.*BeTrAyEd*
On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, mywristshurt (408) wrote:

to me that was just telling the person that hurt you that they need to fuck off. you just laid your emotions on the line and said here they are. i'd love to be able to engrave my heart on my cheast, and im probably going to get a tattoo their of something
On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, mywristshurt (408) wrote:

i drew a long time ago.. but great poem, it meant a lot to me